Question

Consider the US government's policies toward the

Plains Indians in the 1800s.

Do you think the government was justified in using

these policies?

Write a two-to three-sentence response to this

question.

Answer 1

I wrote

"I do not think the government was justified in using these policies; They were treating the Plain Indians horrible after coming into their land and kicking them off, taking their resources as well. They were weakening these tribes and harming their cultures; It was wrong of Americans to think they were better then these people and to treat them so horribly. Forcing them to assimilate into American culture and putting them in reservations was wrong. The policies with allotments were also unjustifiable. "

Step-by-step explanation:

The checks on the side are

reservations

assimilation

allotment

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Answer 2

At the start of the twentieth century there were approximately 250,000 Native Americans in the USA – just 0.3 per cent of the population – most living on reservations where they exercised a limited degree of self-government. During the course of the nineteenth century they had been deprived of much of their land by forced removal westwards, by a succession of treaties (which were often not honoured by the white authorities) and by military defeat by the USA as it expanded its control over the American West.

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